# Why Was Jesus Baptized?

An episode of [Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/75551187), 7 Jan 2025, 13 min.

Audio: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/r7prvbdunvyixfjy/01_12_25_Audio8qp3f.mp3

Friends, the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is exceptionally important. All four Gospels talk about it, and John the Baptist is a kind of door we have to go through to understand Jesus properly. What was John the Baptist doing in the desert? Why did the Messiah, the Lord, go to him for a baptism of repentance? And why do we still spend time with this strange, puzzling, and even embarrassing event?

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